Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

What it actually takes to run at Fort Hays St
NCAA Division II · MIAA · KS
These aren’t published walk-on standards or estimates. They’re the real marks of the 50 athletes Fort Hays St actually signed in its 2025-26 recruiting class — including 1 international signee. The honest answer to “would they recruit me?”
Fort Hays St is a 9,733-student public campus in Hays, KS and competes in the MIAA. Justin Johnson leads a staff of 7 covering 4 event groups.
“Median” is the middle signee’s PR; “range” runs from the fastest to the slowest mark in the class. 1500m/Mile and 3000m are converted to 1600m/3200m for comparison. Pulled from verified meet results.
Fort Hays St program snapshot
- Division
- NCAA Division II
- Conference
- MIAA
- Campus
- Hays, KS
- Enrollment
- 9,733 students
- T&F operating budget
- $422K men · $293K women
Public institution
Program expense, not scholarship aid
Men's standards
US high-school signees — verified marks from American HS meets.
Women's standards
US high-school signees — verified marks from American HS meets.
Who recruits for Fort Hays St
The staff listed on the program’s own athletics site. Event groups coached here: distance and cross country, jumps and vault, throws, combined events.
- Justin JohnsonHead Track and Field/Cross Country CoachDistance
- Ben BumgarnerAssistant Cross Country/Track and Field Coach (Distance)Distance
- Haas, TyAssistant Track and Field Coach (Jumps)Jumps
- Kileigh KaneAssistant Cross Country/Track and Field Coach (Distance/Operations)Distance
- Maheras, AndreasAssistant Track and Field Coach (Throws)Throws
- Rhyann PowersAssistant Track and Field Coach (Multis)Multis
- Stanley, RandyAssistant Track and Field Coach (Pole Vault)Jumps
Every Fort Hays St coach’s verified email and phone are in the member database.
Every verified mark in Fort Hays St's 2025-26 class
21 of the 50 athletes signed have a verified high-school mark, shown here with the mark each was signed on. The other 29 have no verified mark on record, so they are left out rather than guessed. Not a published standard, not an estimate. Names, hometowns and the coach who recruited each athlete are the member view.
Signed out of: Kan.
Signed out of: Kan.
Members see who each of these 21 athletes is, where they came from, and the coach who recruited their event — see the named class
Where do YOUR marks fit?
BeastMatch scores your PRs against the actual signing history of every college program — Fort Hays St and 980+ more — in seconds. Free, no account needed.
Standards reflect the program’s most recent signing class and shift every cycle. Recruiting decisions also weigh progression, event needs, academics and roster spots — a mark inside the range is a conversation, not a guarantee.
Kansas permits high school NIL for high school athletes. See the Kansas NIL rules →
More MIAA recruiting standards
Real signee marks for the programs Fort Hays St recruits against.
- Central Missouri recruiting standards
- Emporia St recruiting standards
- Lincoln MO recruiting standards
- Missouri Southern recruiting standards
- Missouri Western recruiting standards
- Nebraska Kearney recruiting standards
- NW Missouri recruiting standards
- Pittsburg St recruiting standards
- Rogers State recruiting standards
- Washburn recruiting standards
D2 standards for the events Fort Hays St signs
What the whole division signed in each event, not just this program.
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